What are cookies?

Cookies are little text files which are stored on the browser or hard drive of your computer or mobile device when you visit a webpage or application. Cookies work to make your experience browsing our website as smooth as possible and they store your preferences so you don’t have to specify them each time you visit our website.

There are different types of cookies. Some cookies come directly from our website and others come from third parties which place cookies on our site.

Cookies can be stored for varying lengths of time on your browser or device. Session cookies are deleted from your computer or device when you close your web-browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer or device until deleted or until they reach their expiry date.

We currently use the following varieties of cookies on our website :

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for websites and ensure that essential functions can be provided efficiently. Without them, services and functionalities that you expect can’t be guaranteed. They cannot be switched off in our systems.

Functional cookies

These cookies help us personalize this website to you by remembering your preferences and settings. They let us identify you and provide the best service.

Cookie name

Purpose

ARRAffinity

Azure Web Cookie

Drupal.visitor.current_lang

Cookie to define visitor’s language

_cfduid

Cookie to identify trusted web traffic

Cookietest

Cookie to determine if the user has accepted the cookie consent box

Analytics and Performance cookies

Performance cookies collect information on how users interact with our websites, including what pages are visited most and least, as well as other analytical data. We use these details to improve how our websites function and to understand how users interact with them. They help us to monitor the website performance.

Cookie name

Purpose

_ga

Google Analytics Cookie

_gat

Google Analytics Cookie

_gid

Google Analytics Cookie

_gcl_au

Google Analytics Cookie

_gat_UA-80770623-1

Google Analytics Cookie

AWSALB

Registers which server cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, to optimize user experience

Targeting & advertising cookies

These cookies (also called advertising cookies) are used to deliver advertised content relevant to you and they can be used to track the effectiveness of our ad campaigns on third party websites (including social media). These cookies are placed on our site by our third party service providers and they may remember your web browsing activity and may be used to build profiles. Information captured is used anonymously.

Cookie name

Purpose

_fbp

Facebook Pixel Cookie

Fr

Facebook Cookie

BizoID

LinkedIn Analytics Cookie

lang

LinkedIn Analytics Language Cookie

Lidc

LinkedIn Analytics Cookie

UserMatchHistory

LinkedIn Analytics Cookie

bcookie

LinkedIn Analytics Cookie

bscookie

LinkedIn Analytics Cookie

_zlcmid

Preserves users states across page requests

_gcl_au

Google AdSense Cookie

ads/ga-audiences

Google Ads Cookie

yt_remote-cast-installed

YouTube Cookie

yt_remote-connected-devices

YouTube Cookie

yt_remote-fast-check-period

YouTube Cookie

yt-remote-device-id

YouTube Cookie

yt-remote-session-app

YouTube Cookie

yt-remote-session-name

YouTube Cookie

zte#

Live Chat ID Cookie

How to manage or disable cookies in your browser

Visitors may wish to restrict the use of cookies or completely prevent them from being set. Most browsers provide for ways to control cookie behavior such as the length of time they are stored – either through built-in functionality or by utilizing third party plugins. If you disable cookies, please be aware that some of the features of our service may not be fully functional.